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Show s film ' P1 It T" P"" ""WW" .m- 11 S I i i - 7iC , 'eft -SAT V t ,1 s ' I-' 1 J l 1 mmtmvimm mmmimmm tr;j h -i Q 1 i L 1,1 ' v;Viv"'H : . .... . . ,-'.?'. 4 i. i WATCH THE BOUNCING BALL All eyes were on the ball in the annual soccer game between the ref-ferees ref-ferees and Bountiful High which ended in a 1-1 tie. Here Dan Andersen An-dersen and John Stadler of Bountiful eye the ball while Dave Wigh-am Wigh-am and Hubert Hendricks of the refs do the same. By DAVE WIGHAM BOUNTIFUL The team from the 3A schools throughout through-out the state, comprised mainly main-ly from players from Davis County, completely dominated domin-ated their counterparts from the 4A schools in their annual battle held here last week. EVEN THE final score, 6-2, is no indication of how much the local side dominated the contest. After a shaky start which saw the 4A team go ahead a couple of times the 3 A side settled down and took control of the battle. Players from Woods Cross, Bountiful and Davis played big but there are some excellent players in this area that deserve de-serve a shot at college ball. I've seen a lot of out-of-state players on the college level and these kids can play with them." SOME OF the players are taking the lead themselves. Kevin Liston for instance, the all-state fullback from Bountiful, Bounti-ful, is going back to the University Uni-versity of Michigan and trying out for their soccer team. Dan Andersen is heading up to Utah State to play. Indeed, plavcrs like Craig Tingey, the MVP in 3A this past year, Paul Nestman, Jay Barber, Liston, Andersen. Matt Eiting. Brent Maedgen and other all deserve a shot at college ball. Afterall, they have already proven they can play with the big boys around here. roles, in this win and it proved to some of the experts that the players from this area can play with the best of them. BILLY MCMCHOL has been concerned about the lack of college interest in these high school players so this year he has done something about it. Basically what Billy has done is formed an all-star side of seniors who have just graduated gradu-ated from the Davis County area. Then he set up a couple of games w ith local colleges to show their coaches that these boys are as good as some of those they bring in from out of state. The results speak for themselves. them-selves. In their first game the high school side took Utah State 3-1 . At first many thought Billy himself had played, play-ed, he's a professional player under contract to Pittsburg, but it was the youngsters that played so well in earning the win. BILLY THEN got on the phone to try to set up a match with BYU who are generally considered the top college side in these parts. At first their coach was reluctant but after some needling from Billy the game was arranged. Well, a couple of weeks ago. the same high school side went down and handed the Cougars a 2-0 setback. BYU coaches tried to explain ex-plain that they didn't have a full side since school was out but after the match even some of their own players admitted that it was their first team. ALL THIS goes to show that the little league and high school programs in this area can stand up and take a bow . The level of school soccer has improved immensely and this past year could have been the best ever. Now some of the players want a chance for college soccer. soc-cer. Now Billy is talking to some of his contacts in California Califor-nia about scholarships. "What 1 can offer them is a chance since I know a lot of college coaches in that area. I'll take the kids dow n there to let these colleges see them if I have to |